Price to Sales Ratio Analysis

Price to Sales Ratio Analysis Definition

Price to sales ratio (PSR ratio) indicates how much investor paid for a share compared to the sales a company generated per share. It measures the value placed on sales by the market. A higher ratio means that the market is willing to pay for each dollar of annual sales. In general, the lower the P/S, the better the value is. However, the value of the ratio varies across industries. A better benchmark is to compare with industry average.

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Price to Sales Ratio Calculation

Applications

Price to sales ratio values a stock relative to its historical performance, market competitors or general market. In general, a low price to sales ratio means a good investment because investors are paying less for each unit of sales. However, price to sales sometimes provide very limited information because it does not take into account any expenses or debt and a company with high sales maybe unprofitable.